Inpatient versus outpatient treatment for the management of early osteoarthritis of the hip

Completed

• Conditions: Pre-arthritic, intra-articular hip pain and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI); Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN59255714
• Lead Sponsor: Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821103

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 20 August 2018
• Study Completion: 2019-12-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

100 male military participants aged 18 to 50 will be recruited from patients attending the centre for lower-limb rehabilitation outpatient injury assessment clinic (DMRC Headley Court), with symptoms of intra-articular hip pain.

The specific inclusion criteria are:
1. Anterior or lateral hip pain for at least 3 months
2. Clinical signs and symptoms of pre-arthritic intra-articular hip pathology/FAI diagnosed by a specialist Rehabilitation/Rheumatology/Sports and Exercise Medicine Consultant Physician
3. Physical examination findings or reproduction of pain in the groin or lateral hip with the log roll, anterior hip impingement test, or resisted straight leg-raise test (see figures 2, 3 and 4 below)
4. Sufficient time to keep therapeutic appointments
5. Aged = 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Ipsilateral hip surgery
2. Inflammatory arthropathy
3. Hip infection or tumour
4. Hip fracture
5. Existing extra-articular hip disorders and/or any other pre-existing hip pathology
6. Major structural deformity of the hip
7. Advanced degenerative disease of the hip (Tönnis classification 2-3)
8. Any physical impairment or co-morbidities (including cardiovascular disease) precluding the safe participation in the rehabilitation programme and/or assessment procedures
9. History of congenital/adolescent hip disease
10. Corticosteroid or analgesic injection intervention for hip within the previous 30 days
11. Clinical signs of lumbar spine disease including radiculopathy
12. Aged = 50 years
13. Insufficient capacity to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified